Japanese student views Pearl Harbor memory differently
Seyaka Ikeda, a recent SIU graduate from Chiba, says Japan teaches Pearl Harbor as a major wartime event but remembers Hiroshima and Nagasaki dates more in Japan. She notes U.S. remembrance centers on Sept 11, 2001 influenced her, and lessons emphasize learning from past mistakes and moving forward.
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Doolittle raid survivors gather for museum symposium
In New Orleans a National WWII Museum symposium recollects the April 18 1942 Doolittle raid on Japan. Thomas Griffin 96 of Cincinnati and three other survivors discuss the mission that lifted U S spirits after Pearl Harbor. The talk covers America first year of Pacific War and response to the Dec 7 1941 attack.
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Pearl Harbor shifted U S views on war and service says SIU expert
History professor Jonathan Bean and SIU colleague discuss December 7 1941 as a turning point from isolationism to global engagement. They note more Americans enlisted after Pearl Harbor and that survivors’ stories shape national memory as generations pass.
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Enterprise and son in law: a father’s wartime legacy
Sara Sala recalls her father Bryant’s World War II service aboard the USS Enterprise CV-6, his pride in the ship, and his postwar life dedicated to community work in Herrin. The Enterprise earned 20 battle stars and 10 presidential unit citations as a famed Pacific Theater carrier.
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